Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-14


1 Colby has street sprinkler
1899 Monday; yet no sunstroke.
Rain Tuesday, and a soaker, too
Misses Thistlewait were in town Tues
day
Colby's two drays are busy most of the
! time.
No county beats Thomas for new
Jesse Irwin and wife are keeping house
here now
Mon Brachear was over from Voltaire
last week
| Miss Weld is cashier in Woodruff s.
Tate's store.
Messrs. Tate and Behne went to Den
yer Monday.
DR.. McGlynn has been excommunicat-
ed by the Pope.
Hurrab for Manchester! half way be-
tween Colby and Eustis.
The CAT printed 1,OOOplats 81 the town
of Manchester last week.
Cyclone near Atwood Sunday night.
Considerable damage done.
Bill Reed drives Yousse & Duff hack
to Eustis each day and back.
| S. C. Britton has returned from Eufau-
la, l. T. He will remain till August,
Best bananas in the city at Lemonade
stand on the corner by Aliens store.
Tom Baldwin and wife were in town
Tuesday and favored us with pleasant
call
Hawkeye, Kans., is now being survey
ed and plated by county surveyor Cham
| bers
| Ira Watson was over from Burlington,
Colo, Saturday evening. He returned
Sund ay.
Burlington, Colorado, is growing fast
now, and lots are selling rapidly. Now
is the time to buy.
Mrs Chris Black started Tuesday NOR
ming for Illinois. She stops awhile with
friends in Nebraska.
Mr.. Waters, ex-fOreman on the Demo-
crat, was down from his homestead in
Cheyenne county yesterday.
Mr.. C. H. Plaster was in Colby Tues
day. His little boy years old, is quite
sick with what may prove to be bilious
fever.
The Sunday school picnic at Mr.. Stew
artson's grove east of Colby on the Goth
inst bids fair to haye large attend
ance.
County Commissioner Baldwin has
friend in Ohio who is an experienced
Doctor, who will put drug store in at
Manchester.
Manchester is new town. midway be-
tween Colby and Eustis, on the line of
the B. & NJ. survey to the latter place, 1t
is said to be lively place already.-Oak-
ley Times.
DR.. w. NJ. Edwards is very successful
in treating and curing Cholera Infantum.
He has not had case that he has not
cured. and warrants a cure, and it is
surely good, from his skill and long ex-
perience as practicing physician.
Lew Cary, of Colby, Kas., has charge
of ]. W. Allen s. Co.'S. store during Doc
Corporan's absence, and he reports bust
ness on a steady increase. He is stuck on
the town and the girls, and will always
stay here-Cheyenne Wells Gazette.
The whisky alliance of Leavenworth
has formally disbanded. The police COM
mission law did the work, and D. r. An
thongs paper. He is one of the most
persistent men living. He has done much
for prohibition.
Front Royal is the name of a new town
started on sec. 1858, Thomas county,
Kansas Though the latest in Thomas
county, it has big prospects, railroad and
others. More will appear soon of it in
the Car. Mr.. Bennett, clerk in Wood
ruff & Tate's store, is prime mover.
NJ. Donelan and A. W. Patchin were
out from Colby Wednesday. They were
agreeably surprised at the growth of Bur-
lington, and ere long we expect to claim
both of them as citizens of Burlington.
They are good fellows, and help out a
town Observation-Disclosures Blade.
French s. Riddle move their State Bank
this week into their building formerly Oc-
cupied by the Central drug store. They
have reitted it in fine shape. T. C. Tul-
Ter has just finished fire-proOf vault
10x12 feet. 1t has vacuum 4 inches
deep all around it, top and sides, and
two-inch pipe on top, and two two-inch
pipes on bottom to convey out dead air.
This is the finest vault thus far made in
Western Kansas Mr.. Tuller, assisted by
Mr.. Reynolds, has done q fine job.
French & Riddle viii put in large new
Halls safe. Mr.. Grey is doing the car
penter work. This change was caused
by their large increase of business